Pupil and Sports Premium

The Pupil Premium is an allocation of additional funding provided to schools to support specific groups of children who are vulnerable to possible underachievement. These include pupils who are entitled to free school meals, those looked after by the local authority and the children of armed service personnel.

All schools are required to report on their Pupil Premium strategy which includes the  amount of funding received and how this is being used.

Pupil Premium Statement (Updated May 2021)

School overview

Metric	Data
School name	Seaton Academy
Pupils in school	196
Proportion of disadvantaged pupils	8.6%
Pupil premium allocation this academic year	£21,520
Academic year or years covered by statement	2020 - 2022
Publish date	May 2021
Review date	September 2021
Statement authorised by	C Banks
Pupil premium lead	Mrs W Stuart
Governor lead	Mrs S Walsh

Disadvantaged pupil progress scores for last academic year – March 2020

Measure	(13 children)
Reading	62%
Writing	39%
Maths	69%

Disadvantaged pupil performance overview for last academic year – March 2020 

Measure  - 4 children	Reading	Writing	Maths
Meeting expected standard at KS1	75%	25%	100%
Achieving high standard at KS1	25%	-	-

Strategy aims for disadvantaged pupils

Measure	Activity
Priority 1	Subscribe to Rising Stars ensuring access to reading at home at all times. Purchase books/furnishings for Cosy Cottage as an outside reading resource area.
Priority 2	Ensure all PP children have relevant, effective IEPs
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Support development of reading both in school and at home. Relevant IEPs that address gaps in learning
Projected spending	£6,000

Teaching priorities for current academic year

Aim	Target	Target date
Progress in Reading	To maintain our progress score (84%) above national average	July 2021
Progress in Writing	To maintain our progress score (73%) above national average	July 2021
Progress in Mathematics	To maintain our progress score (88%) above national average	July 2021.
Phonics	To maintain progress score of 90%+	July 2021.
Attendance	Improve attendance for disadvantaged children in line with LA average	July 2021

Remember to focus support on disadvantaged pupils reaching the expected standard in phonics check at end of year 1.

Targeted academic support for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1	Short term intervention programs and small group work to focus on individual targets in Reading
Priority 2	Small group work and adapted intervention programs that focus on Maths and Writing
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Enable the gap for individual children to be addressed
Projected spending	£10,000

Wider strategies for current academic year

Measure	Activity
Priority 1	Promote wellbeing through outdoor play
Priority 2	Improve fine motor skills through Dough Disco and Squiggle while you Wriggle
Barriers to learning these priorities address	Allows socialization and communication following the restrictions of Lockdown Develop handwriting skills across school
Projected spending	£6,000

Monitoring and Implementation

Area	Challenge	Mitigating action
Teaching	To ensure all disadvantaged children have effective IEPS	Support from PP lead and SENDCo
Targeted support	Time for individual/small intervention group work	Effective use of timetables for TAs throughout school
Wider strategies	Provide a new outdoor play area for EYFS	Site Manager to organize and build

Review: last year’s aims and outcomes

Aim	Outcome
To ensure PP children are in school on time and ready for learning.	PP children had access to Breakfast Club which they attended ensuring a readiness for learning.
To enable PP children to make progress in core areas	Half termly tracking shows that the majority of PP children make good progress.
To promote good attendance above 90% for PP children	Attendance for PP children was 92.3% (13 children)

The Academic Year 2019/20

Seaton Academy received £17,160 in Pupil Premium based on the eligibility of 7.1% of pupils in school.

The additional funding was used in the following ways:

• To provide short-term intervention programmes for underachieving pupils and those with SEND.
• To provide small group teaching to extend pupils abilities.

The main impact of the expenditure on eligible and other pupils was as follows according to assessment prior to Lockdown.

• All pupils who received additional intervention support were able to make above average attainments in their learning based on their starting points.
• Foundation Stage assessments for all pupils working at 40 - 60  and above were:
  • All prime areas: 72%
  • Reading: 89%
  • Writing: 89%
  • Number: 89%
  • Shape, Space and Measures: 88%
• Key Stage 1 assessments for all pupils working at the Expected Standard and above were:
  • Writing: 73%
  • Reading: 84%
  • Maths: 88%

The Current Academic Year 2020/21

The Pupil Premium funding is £21,520 based on the eligibility of 9.4% of pupils in school.

Main Barriers to Educational Achievement.

• Attendance and punctuality
• Access to small group/individual support to focus on individual targets

Strategies to Address Barriers 

• Access to Breakfast Club to ensure the children are in school on time.
• Parents informed of poor attendance record and an appointment with the Head is requested if it falls below 95%.
• All Pupil Premium children have Individual Education Plans enabling a focus on individual targets.
• Short-term intervention programmes for underachieving pupils and those with SEN.
• Small group teaching to extend pupils abilities.

Measuring Impact of Pupil Premium

• Individual Education Plans are reviewed half termly.
• Assessment will be tracked each half term according to Seaton Academy’s Assessment Policy.
• Monitoring of attendance and punctuality is ongoing

Date of Pupil Premium Strategy Review: September 2021

Further Information on the Pupil Premium can be found by following the link below:

http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/premium